You may have heard about a new Fresh & Easy supermarket opening in your neighborhood. If not, they're probably coming soon since Fresh & Easy plan to open over a thousand stores in the years to come.
Fresh & Easy's parent company Tesco is known as the "Wal-Mart of Britain" and has a record of breaking food safety laws in several countries.
Now Tesco are expanding to the United States under a new name: Fresh & Easy. Before you decide to shop at a Fresh & Easy, it's important to get the facts.
Tesco Caught Selling Expired and Spoiled Food
Tesco has a record of getting fined for violating food safety standards. They received one of the biggest fines ever handed out in the U.K. for violations of food safety laws in 2004.
Tesco Caught Selling Organic Food Tainted with Pesticides
As recently as 2006, studies found organic produce tainted by pesticides exceeding legal safety limits. Tesco even sold baby food contaminated with pesticides in 2000.
Tesco is a Hypocrite on the Environment
In spite of its attempts to appear environmentally proactive, recent evidence suggests Tesco has grossly understated its true carbon footprint.
Tesco Caught Altering Sell by Date Labels
In a BBC documentary, workers at a Tesco store in the UK were secretly filmed altering labels on meat products and even grinding up expired meat and re-selling it as fresh ground beef.
